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The only way a society of diverse people can survive without tearing itself apart over differences in nature is by accepting that ALL people are different, and that no single one of us is more or less deserving of decent treatment, compassion, legal and ethical equality, justice, life, or love, than any other.Christina Engela
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The patriarchy longs for the days 'when men were men' and women were oppressed, subservient - and they can see no wrong in it. It justifies its former power and lust to hold on to it - and if possible, to regain it by quoting fundamentalist and radical religion and tradition and calling it 'love'. Some love. How can oppression and power over another person's life ever be 'love'?Christina Engela
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Irony: When those who call others a 'threat to Christianity' reject the crucial tenets of their own faith themselves.Christina Engela
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It should be made clear that religious freedom DOES NOT include the right to persecute others, nor the right to take away their humanity and equal treatment before the law.Christina Engela
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What other people believe shouldn't (be allowed to) hurt me.Christina Engela
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Christ asked people who follow him to be the voice for the voiceless - not to wire their mouths shut.Christina Engela
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Those who meet objections to their forcing their religion on others with cries of 'Show respect! ' clearly have no grasp of irony.Christina Engela
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Not being treated as equal IS oppressionChristina Engela